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H. B. MASSE?,
ATTORN Fi Y AT LAW,
SUIT BURV, PA.
Businer attended to in ihe Counties of Nor
tfvutt'l erland, Union. I-vcnming and Columbia.
Ktftr twt
Thomas Habt A Co- "
Imwii Ai BaKHo,
Hart, CeMMnn A Hast, W'.WW.
Rkivolhs, Mi-Karlasii &. Co.
Sfkrino, 'loon & Co.,
siiuuEirrs patent
WASHI1TG- MAGJHI1TE.
THIS M idline h . now been tented by more
than thirty faniilie in thia neighborhood, and
tit (ien entire satisfaction. It ia m simple in ila
rotiatrurtiin, that it cannot Ret out of order. It
contain no ironto ni4, an,l no spiingaor roller to
tret ant of repair. It will do twice ai much wash
tig, with leaa than ball the vt ac and tear of an) of
the lte invention, ami wh it i f greater impor
tance, it enata but Utile over half da much aa other
tvasbing machine.
The subscriber h the exclusive right for Nor
thutiihfrland, I'ni.in, L' coining. Columhit, Lu
tvecwe and Climon counties. Price of aingte nil
chine B. H. U. M AMMSH.
Tbe following certificate fiom a few of iIiokc
who have these machine in ue.
Wunbtity, Aug. 24, 14.
We, the auhacriher. certify that we have now
in ue, in our families, "Sbuarit'a pHtrnt Wash
jug Machine." and do not hesitate aiyiou that it ia
a most incrWont invention. That, in Washing,
it will sve more than one half the usual labor.
That it due n t require more than one third the
usual quantity ofso.p and water ; and that there
tawo rubbing, .ami consequently, i'ttle or no wear,
iug r tearinir. Th.it it knock off no button, and
that the finest clo.hes, aocli a collar, lacca, tucks,
frill., Ac., may e vrabvl in a veiy short liuie
wilkHJi l tie lew injurt, and m fact wiih-aji any
nipnien wear and I. a', hatcv. r. We therefor.
clia'crl'iillv reroiiiinenil it to otir fiends and to the
public, aa a most useful and lib r -avion m.tchine.
CH.MSLKS W. HKUINS,
A- JOIMIAX,
C118. WEAVER.
CHS PI.EXSANTS,
I.IUKOX MARK I.E.
Hon. CEO. C. WKI.KER,
HEX J. HENDRICKS.
CilDBON I.EISEXRIXtJ.
Hraa'a Hotkl, (forimrly Tremont House, No.
116 Chtanut alieet,) Philadelphia, September
Slat, 1844.
I have uitt Shuccrt's Pnt.tit Washing Machine
in my hou-c upwardx of eight months and do not
lieitat to lay that I deem it one of the mo t use
till and valuable labor-saving machine ever inven
ted. I formerly befit two women roi.tiuually oc
cupied in washing, who now do aa much in two
laya aa they then did in oe week. There ia no
near or tear in wahine. and it require not more
ttiau one-third tbe usual quantity ol aonp. I have
had a number of other in .rhiiiea in my tarn ly, but
.hi iM tlecidctlly auperior to every thiiii; elue, and
Hit liuie liable to get out of tep or, that I woui.l not
,l.i without one if they i-houhl coat ten time the
j-rire they are ...l for. DANIEL HE UK.
LMII 1 M2 I I . AS& P AUASUI.S,
cheap ron CASH.
J. W. SVAIIT'S
Umbrella ami Parasol Manulactory.
A'o. 37 Aw A ThnU lrrr, rim rfoor below the
CITY HOTKL,
I li 1 1 a d e I p li I a.
I.WAVS on hand, a large at.ick of I'M
HKELI.AS an. I PAR ASOLS, iirclu -ing the
UieM new at le ol Pinked E.ltfi'd Parabola of the
a-at woikm.inabip ami material, at price that will
-nake i an object toO.Hintry Meicbanta ainl other
. rail and rxam ne hi t k b. tor- puichaing
laewlwre. Fc . S3. IK45 - ly
SP ANISH H I D E S
TANNKHS' )1I
OGO D y La Plata HiJ.s fir.-l quality.
iUO Dry La liuira. do
SOtIO Dry Sailed La C.tlira. do
UtlO Dry SaH.d Ur ail Hide, do
iI5 Dale (ireen Salted Palna Kipa.
tltt Dale Dry Pa n;. Kips
1MO RarreWi Tannem' Oil.
Tanner.' and Currii ra' Tool.
Fornale lo Country Tauneraat the lowcat pricra
ttid upon Ibe U'cl t. rma.
N. U. The highext market pricea p iid for all
iinia of leather.
D. KIRKPATRICK St SOXS.
No. 21, South Third St. Phil .del phia.
September 14, le"44. ly.
V tZii KT A VOW IMiC.I,
roa thk t t-HK i r
i v s i i; is 1 a.
HIS Me,licine ia i.tfeie.! to the public gener
ally, from a full conviction thai ll is -ujienor
any olbei ni'dirme n..w in use. for the rure of
fvpi'wia. Liter C.im(.Uiol, Nervoua Dubililv or
Utility We..knea. Ac.
It elT.-cia have been teted in a private practice
f near t ight yeara, and it ia now owe edeuaively
reulatiil, at the a.ilteitu.le of many who have re
ived the most signal benefit from the u-e of it.
The following ia one among tiumter of errtifi
ilea receivid in lelation lo the aucceaa of thia me
cine t
Laki-at( Co. March IS.
a. (iroaea W, Aiikm,
Dear Sir. It i with great pleaaure that I in
rm you of the aucevM aileiuling your Dyeplic
iedicinc, while employed in my p. at lire. Fiom
tat experience, I firmly U lit ve that in eight rasea
it of ten, the D "peptic, by the uae of your niedi
tie, may emir, ly ml himaelf of thia thorn in the
thway of life I not only in dyapeptie eaaea, but
all eaaea of coualipati.m. and dtaeaae deiiding
i a dibililated atale of ihe nervoua vaiem, toge.
at with lotpid tate of the hovtela, will your E
tir be found of ineatimable value. Numerou in
tucea wherein the uaefulnea of the medicine baa
en realised, may la) foi warded, if required. I
ish you great aucceaa, and recommend the uiedi
i lo Ibe aufTering pari of mankind.
Your, with great respect,
ROUEKT ACXEW, M. D.
fjj- For aale at the at a re of H. b. Maaaer, agent
ihe proprietor, Sunbury, Pa.
October 20th, 1844. ly
"2 l7i "i:i:u. Th71iighe.iptTi iii b
siven for Flaa See J. liv
iug. 31, 1844.
H. 0. MASSE R.
Trtaa-Th rnnntrjr and ll Proapeeta,
A Trxan correspondent of tho New Vork
Comntercinl Advertiser aays :
"This is oim of Ihe moat lovely countries tlist
can be imagined. Thia upper country embraces
alternate hill antl dale, interspersed with clear,
Transparent, flowing streams, and an rqunl pro
portion oftimber and prairie. Our pruire is
like one continuous flower pardon ; our streams
are filled with the finest fi.h, our prairies with
deer, our timber and bottom lands with turkies
and other pttnie, and all that is wanted to make
this a terrestrial paradise is a population of in
dustrious Yankees. At present our population
is thinly scattered over a wide pxlent of coun
try. Many of our citizens own lnrjje tracts of
land in the hearts of the old settlements. I
have in this tract between ten and twelve thou
sand acres, with no fani.ly on it but my own,
and I am within eighteen miles ol Austin' first
settlement, San Felipe.
"When Texas becomes as densely settled as
Western New Vork, with schools, churches,
&c, it will tie one of the most desirable coun
tries on the jrlulte for a permanent residence.
Here the necessaries of life can be procured
with more case and less labor than in any coun
try that I know of. Otir climate is mild and
salubrious. Wo do not suffer from the stitn-
mer's heat and winter's cold. Fruit ol almost '
every kind is easily cultivated. You, ofthe!
North, if I may judge from your publications, .
have formed an entirely wrong opinion ofthe ;
moral character of the Te.vans. Five of our ,
Oistfict Judges are professors of religion one J dollar or more a month, in a lump to get rid
n H.iptist clergyman, who is deservedly nn.l it- ( ofthe daily and Irequent solicitations of the In-g-nivers;.1ly
popular, on account of his amiable j gars. Houses that lima purchase exemption
disposition and Catholic principles. The other
is a distinguished member of the Methodist K- j pasted against the post ofthe front tioor. Beg
piseopal I'hurch in (Jalveston. li s house baa j garsdare not go into such houses hut at the risk
always been a houm for the clergymen of that j of being bambooed. Besides these, every per
denomination. son who gels married P'lya something to the
"Our bar would not suffer liy a comparison 1 Head of the beggars, according to their means,
with any bar in your state. In it we have men : from a lew cents to a few dollars. If he refu
who have filled some of the mot important of- j fes to pay, his house is beaet by a crowd ol beg
fices in the United States. lt.t week I recog- ! gars, who give him moro trouble than can easi
nized one who for many years represented your ly bo endured. When junk arrives in the
Government as Minister in Mexico: another i
who had filled some of hi most important offi- '
ces in Alabama. The business of our Courts is
conducted with as much dignity as that of your 1
Superior Courts. During the past week many 1
important legal decisions wt.re made, which I '
trust will produce a favorable moral influence '
among our citizens. One of these decisions '
was that any conveyance of property with intent :
to defraud creditors is void, even if the purcha-
ser pay a valuable consideration therefor. To !
the honor of our country I will say that there
was not a criminal case on the docket, and that !
alter sitting three days the drand Jury was (lis-
missed without having a single indictment '
brought before it."
(Vnk.ral. Washington at Trenton. A
mong the toasts of the Society of Cincinnati at
Trenton, Jos K. flloouiliHd give, "The retreat
of (t.'orge Washington from the Assaupick j recent lecture in Huston on capital punishment,
creek it stamped him a consumoto general, in , said lliat murderers increased so frightfully in
the opinion of Sir William F.rbkilic, bin nppo- i Tuscany during the period in which capital pnii
nent at Trenton." i.-luiionts were obi dished, that the Government
Col. Scott, the President of the Siety re- was compelled to re-establish the penally. M.
marked, according to the True Sun, that aslhe . Berenger says in his report to the French Chain
incident to which the toast referred, was not a her that the puni:-hment of death had been ahol
matter of record in our history, and was handed ' isbed for '2 years in Tuscany, and it had soim
down by our father, he would state, that after proved the character of Ihe people that the pri
the severe battle of Teuton, flen. Washington ' sons were empty, Mr. Livingston said that
threw up entrenchments- -H'ill to be traced on only five murders had been committed in Tns-
he banks of the Assanpink creek, overlooking cany in Mil years after the abolishment ol lh.it
Trenton, and lighted his watch fires. Sir Wil- punishment. Whatever difference of opinion
liatn F.rakine, the British commander, called t.- j may exist on the subject, one thing is certain in
gether a council of hi fatigued officers and pro- 1 the case of M Curry , that Ihe fear of death ami
posed 1 lint to retrieve the disastorof the day. and the hope ol pardon hereafter, did not prevent
berore they slept, an attack should be made on his dying with more than one falsehood on
Gen Washington's I'nes. In this he was over- I'M tongue. The Biltimore Sun contain a
ruled, and the attack was defened until mom- letter from Mr, Harris, the Counsel of MeCur
ing, under the belief stated, tint there was no ry. with McCtirry's confession taken down by
escape for him. Prior to the breaking up ofthe ' him and detai'ed u ith the most solemn assever
council, Sir William made the remark to hi of- at ions of Itiith, and which differ in many e.irdi
ficera, if (Jen. Washington is the man I esteem ' nul points with the confession made to his Priest
him to be, we shall find him in front of us to- ' and now circulating, showing hrvond doubt that
morrow: The dawn came, and preparations he died with I'alsehtKid on his lips,
were making for the attack, when the soundsof ! "
cannon came booming from the Fast. Ah,") (''KKT Yni.n Jonathan Larkin. ofl.iwer
cried Sir William, turning lo his staff, "There ! 'ichorler, in ibis canity, has lelt with us two
is (Jen. Washington, at Princeton, in our rear : 1 hunches of wheat, each ibu product of a single
last night I esteemed him aa a brave soldier ; 1 Sra,n- "" ""'"- bunches contain lorty-se-now
1 know him to be a comminute general." ! v, n "ni1 he t.thrr f.-rly-lwo stalks, all of which
Acir ark AJwrtistr.
A horse was recently exhibited in Albany,
New Vork, which i represented aa a mammoth
He is nearly twenty hand high, weight 3,()0
pounds, and cau run a mile in four minute.
A New Okdkr. The Springfield Republi
can says that the ladies of that place are about
organizing an asMH'iation in opposition to Ihe
"Odd Fellow," under the name '."lnJrpenili ul
Order of Slrantie Homm."
A Mr. Lakk, at Little Fall, gave "The
New Postage Law" as a 4th of July toast, re
marking that all classes of the community are
benefitted by it, except lovers, their letter still
continuing to go, "DcarJcarcr dearest "
The following extract from the journal of
J. C. Hepburn, son of Samuel Hepburn, Esq., of
Milton, now a missionary in India, will enable
us to form some idea of the atate of society among
the Chinese :
Jan 2, 145.! went through that part ofthe
city in which the bepgars live. It ia situated in a
short valley between two of the hills which run
down to the city Both of these hills are cover
ed with praves. Most, if not all the bepj-nrs
which live in Amoy, live in this part ofthe city.
The houses are little better, most of them than
mud hovel. fn the midst of them there is a
small, dirty looking temple, dedicated to Ongia
kong, a god who is supposed to protect from pes
tilence. At the door of the temple was a man
sitting in dirty ragged clothes, reading and ex
plaining a book to three old men, vho seemed
o be much interested. It was evening, and
many ofthe beggars were returning from their
daily round ; miserable looking objects they
were, literally clothed in rags, and brown with
dirt, and many of ihem maimed. All had their
bags hanging by the side, in which they put
what they collected ; some had a few sticks of
wood in their hnnd to cook their supper with !
others piece of pork or a fish. The place
where they live is called a camp. They have a
kind of a ruler over them, called the Head of
the beggars. This man buys hi office from one
ofthe mandarins of Amoy it is said, fur alwint
ftlfKI. His situation is one of profit. F.aoh
beggar, it is raid, gives him a part of his daily
receipts. Many of the large hongs give him a
are cisily known by a sign or card which is
harbor, they are also glad to purchase exc.-np-
tion from the beggars, by a present of rice or mo-
ney to their Head. In this, besides other ways,
this man makes a good deal of money. A part of
his income is distributed, by night amongst
those under him, but he keeps the best portion
for himself. He ha also the power of inflicting
punishment by flogging, it, in his judgment, any
of them should require it. Should a beggardie
in consequence, the Ik-ad ia not answerable for
it to the mandarins, lie holds his office l..r life,
Tin y seldom, indeed never, were themselves
beggars. If a beggar steals or acts improperly,
a complaint is made to the I lead, and the man
ia punished. It is in some resjiects a gaj reg-
illation, but it is said, niiirh abused, and oppres
' sive to the poor beings under him.
Capital riliiLliltir lit.
Thk Cask or McCi'Kkv. lr. Baird, in a
are well heudod and tilled with plump grain.
We threshed an average head tttid found it con
tained thif ty-six grains, the produce, thcrclurc.
,ro ,IU two M.tHl8) j, ,iir,,e ,,usaj tvo )Ull.
dred and four grain. The wheal is of the Me
ditcrrancan kind, which is fast superceding all
other with our fanners. Vtuttrr Hi jiuhSruii
Wiit Pkopi.k can do WiTiiorT. Man
kind might do without physician, if they would
observe the law of health ( without soldiers,
if they would observe the law of Christianity ;
without lawyer, if they would keep their tem
pers ; an ' perhaps without preachers, il each
one would lake care of hi conscience; but
there is no way "I living wilhuul farmers, or
editors.
Canadian Family.
A TrnRint.s C'iiask The Ladies' National
Magazine for luly, edited by Mrs. Ann S. Ste
phens, contains the following thrilling account
of a family, a mother and her children, being
chased by wolves:
A few yeara ago, toward the close of win
ter'eday, a mother and her children wero tra
velling in Canada behind a one horse sledge.
Suddenly, from a forest, by which they were
passing, issued a gang of wolves. It was a ter
rible moment when the mother first beheld
these ravinuus animals in full pursuit behind
her; but she knew the only hope was in thu
superior swiftness of her horse, and so alio re
tained sufficient presence of mind to urge him
litrward at the top of his speed. The nublo an
imal seemed aware of his danger ; he snorted
fiercely on hearing the howl ofthe wolves and
dashed ahead at a frightful pace. On came the
hungry animals, and fast fled the affrighted
horse. Miles were soon passed over, but miles
of trackless waste yet remained before the tra
vellers would reach the village. Mean time
the wolves gained on the fugitives. The mo
ther clasped her bal.!S closer to l.er bosom ; as
the howling animals came tip, and running al
most at the side of Ihe sledge, threatened every
moment to drag her and her little ones down.
But the terrified horse now seemed to gain su
pernatural speed, and on he dashed with inrrea
sod velocity, snorting with affright. For awhile
tin? wolves wero left in the rear ; but hie. speed
soon slackened, and again they gained on the
sledge. The horrible idea now occurred to the
mother of the throwing over one of her children
and staying for awhile the pursuit, for she had
heard of ouch an alternative having once been
resorted to. But she shrank from the tempta
tion with a shudder. She urged on the horse
again, and once mure he sprang ahead and in
creased tin distance between her and the
wolves. Thus, for another hour, slnj continued
they prey of alternate despair and hope. Now
shesecmed in the very jaws of death now an
almost preternatural exertion of speed on the
part ofthe horse gave her a momentary respite.
At length the village was in sight. But, horri
ble lo relate, at this moment she heard a crack
as if the fledge hail given away. The runner
had broke ; she surrendered herself to despair.
Through the fast gathering night she caught a
view of the liirm bouse on the outskirts of the
village. To die thus in sight of safety was ter
rtlile. Mie looked agonizingly on the faces ot
her children, w ho were now sobbing piteously ;
she si rained litem lo her bosom ; she shut her
eyes on the rcene that was to follow. But,
strange to say. the sledge still held together,
and the horse, recognizing his home, dashed for
ward at a pace that left the wolves far behind
She h siked up once more ; they w ere now close
to the villnso. The iuhabitonta, by this time,
had become alarmed ; but. the wolves kept up
their pursuit to tho very gate of the farm house,
and yielded their expected prey slowly and sul
lenly. The sledge on examination, was found
to bo so tune h injured that il would inevitably
have broken down before another mile. An es
cape like this surpasses any thing in fiction.
A Black Snake ('aiti hkii The Reading.
Pa., Demoeralic Pros of yesterday tells the fol
lowing snake story: A black snake, upwards
of seven feet in length, was captured one Any
last week on the White Spot alaive U rrt,ljnrr.
It was discovered by sotne men lile binding
up cord wood, and in his attempt to escape it
glided into a hollow piecu n wmvl which was
immediately closed up anj the snake secured.
Thus fastened up in it prison it Was brought
to town and taken to George GoodhartV public
house, whe;i Uie doors and window were all
closed, and Ihe plug removed to get a peep at
his siiiake ship. ll instantly rushed nut and rear
ed on its tail, ami extended ir swlul jaws for
mortal combat. The landlord and two. logs were
present, and they rseajH. with difficulty from
the fangaof the enraged r.'n'i'e.
After recovering Iroin the fright, and bracing
their nerves they altompie.l to ro eip'ure it, and
it) the mean lime it bad mii.intcd the shelves of
the bar, a nil was making s.vd work thrott'in t
down the rum decanters and ha I perpetrated
considerable damage, when Mr. .Violt of the
Reading Mii't'iiui was sent fur, and alter ma
nrruveting for some lime, and teasing his snake
ship to uscertaiii his nature, he seized the crit
tur behind the ears, a desperate struggle ensu
ed, which severely tried Mr. A Mi's s'.rength,
and the snako wat again forced lo his hole,
where he is now confined.
Black Fhmi. A school of Black Fish came
into Newport Hurler on Tuesday morning, and
before 11 o'clock 3:) ot ihem were landed on the
shore. They were truni ( lo VM feel in length
and will yitld Irom'J to 0 bcrrcls of oil each.
There w ere upw ards of forty in the school, all
of whom were killed, but some sunk and would
bo recovered whi n they rose. Several bout
were stove, hut no person w es seriously injured
The harbor presented j acetic of great excitement
Breach ot PromleTrlal,
Mart. Ann Riionra- vs. Nathan Mtllf.r
This was an action brought by the plaintiff a
gainst the defendant for a breach of promise of
marriage. K. Van Buren and E. Quinn, for
plaintiff: D. Rumsey, jr., and W. Barcns, for
defendant. As is usual in such causes, there
was considerable anxiety manifested by the
spectators to catch a glimpjof the parties, par
ticularly tho aggrieved. They undoubtedly
expected to see some blooming maiden, sighing
like a furnace for the loss of her faithless lover,
appealing to the strong arm ofthe law to pro
tect her injured innocence, and render her
some little compensation in dollars and cents
for ihe irreparable injury ; and last, though not
least, teach all graceless scamps to bo careful
in liiture how they make promises but to break
them.
B'jt no, the plaintiff, though a maiden lady.
was not young, nor was she strikingly beaut i
till, although she might have been at the age of
Vveet rixteen," in the eyes of a very passion.
ate lover, but now, alas ! the mischievous fing
ers ol Tunc had stolen many a charm, leaving
unmistakable and indelible evidence upon her
features, that she was several years, at Ipast,
the blind side of thirty i. e thirty and upwards
Her appearance was respectable her manner
precise and dignified, her countenance indicat
ing a fixedness of purpose, not to commit sui
cide or die ofa broken heart but to make her
recreant lover pay roundly for trifling with her
affections.
The defendant was a widower, we should
judge, about forty-five, a plain sort ofa farmer,
with nine children, worth some Js.5,000 which
counsel alleged was an important considera
tion with the plaintiff in bringing her suit, as
well as listening to his on the start.
It appeared in testimony that the defendant
soon after loosing his first, wife, began to think
about getting another, talked to the old women
ofthe neighborhood about being lonesome
wanted a housekeeper couldn't ntand it so,
Ac, which, as a mailer of course, enlisted their
sympathies. IIu finally stated his Case to a
Mr. Bolt told him he w islied to get married
did no', like to marry a wuman with a family,
In cause he did not want two kinds of children,
and for a reason not altogether dissimilar, he.
was unwilling lo wed a ina.ueu l.oly, ui.kva ot
a certain, or rather of an uncertain age.
Upon thin statement, said Boll intimated that
Miss Mary Ann BIhhIch, or I 'oily, a he called
her, would lie just a fit, and consented to be
come a proxy, or a sort of conductor of mutual
love and affection between the two ; 6a w Mis
Rhodes, made known his business to her, she
exclaiming, with some, surprise and regret,
"w by couldn't I have known this beture," for
alack ami alas, she was engaged to be married
to another man in a la nit a week. No time
was to bo lost, a personal interview of lovers
was thought advisable was bid : when ami
where it was agreed by and between the said
lovers that the said Misr Vtl. odes should most
unfeelingly and ungraciously sack her former
beau, after whieli she and the dvl'endant were
to become one flesh. This was accordingly
d me we ;nean Ihe fellow was sacked and he,
like i true philosopher, to show that there was
nc Jove lost, also that he was punctual in all his
'.iitsiiii-ss transactions, wooed, won, and wt'd an
other damsel in about a week thereafter, so
that ho was nvirrivd at the time first uppointed,
though net to Mis Rhodes.
Tune pied on. Miss Rhodes carefully pre
serving the wedding tires prepared for lite first
ia.vcasion, for the second, und making sotne other
preparations, but Mr. Miller, in the meantime,
becoming enamored of a more youthful and
b'ooming maiden, in turn gave Mi Rhodes tho
"mitten," for which she bring suit, S.C.
The proofs ot the contract an ) the vio'ation
there, hv the dele mlanl, were clear and conclu
sive. U ll and certain old ladies, cognizant of
Ihe facts, being rpiile efficient w itnesses, is an
admonition to all widow ers and bachelors todn
their courting in jirojiria jiiimoua, and be care
ful how they trust their secret toother' keep
ing. The d.'fciiil'iiit alleged, by Way of defence,
that the plaintiff came into the court w ith a bad
grace lo recover damages ot him tor practising
upon her what she hid played oil up m another
and attempted to show in mi'igutioil ol'du.ag
es, it not in bar ofthe act .on, the plaintiff's gen
eral had diameter in tlo neighborhood in
which she lived, that an improper intimacy had j
existed between her and Ihe witness Boll for
year ! but the proof of theso ullegaliou wat
not very conclusive, it eeius, to tho minds ..I
the jury, it being a little more than a repetition
of iieighboihtaal gossip, and Various surmises
and insinuation of garuloti nM women, after
having regaled themselves w ith Young Hyson.
One witness, however, waa brought upon the
bland, who swore to enough, but fie jury, it
seems, would not believe h ie. IIm testimony,
if true, showed a most tluiticlc .llaiu if
false, a very dangerous mio ; and if the jury
eiiicrtaiiitJ any doubt ol hit' having ioiocachcJ
himself, they wero pretty effectually dispelled
by the testimony of other witnesses.
The proofs being closed, the cause was ably
summed upon the part cf the defendant, by W.
Barnes, Esq ; eloquently by E. Van Buren, on
the partof the aggrieved. His Honor, tho
Judge, committed the causa to the jury in a
cl argu which showed him not insensible to tha
wrongs of lovely women, and tho jury, after
due deliberation, returned with a verdict for
the plaintiff of four hundred dollars, to enmpen
sate her for lacerated feelings, bl:ghted hopep,
and crushed affections the loss of a husband
worth five thousand dollars, and nine children.
Steuben kr-V. Y.J Courier.
Shok BestNTss in Kam'Ick. A correspon
dent of the Lowell Courier writing from Nan
tick, gives the following account of the shoo
manufacturing in that town : "From the I t
of April, 1941, to the 1st of April, 145, tlicr
were manufactured in this town G14,'!00 pairs
of shoes and lO.l.V) pairs of boots, valued in all
at about fc-MMHK). The number of males em
ployed, 577 ; number of females, 4'23 ; making
in all KKri persons; all of them, however, do
not reside here. The amount paid for labor,
though not ascertained b' the assessors, cannot
be less than l'JO.dOO so distributed as to tnako
SKJ'MKH) to the males, and about lil.OOO to tho
females being -Sli!0 average to all engaged, or
about 1S7 lo each male and 10 to each teniale.
This branch ol business, second to none in tho
St:'te in importance or amount, has increased
with great rapidity during the last few years in
this place. In 150, only four persons were en
gaged as manufacturers, now nearly fifiy are try
engaged; then lefs than 70,(100 pairs of boot a
ond shoes were manufactured, now more tlian
fiV?0.000 pairs are manufactured. In l-".f! an I
137, when the statistics were collected, about
250,(HK) pairs of boots and shoes were manufac
tured, valued at about $'200,000, and nb .ut 100
persons were engaged in tho manufacture of
Ihem. The business was introduced hereabout
1K)0, and so you see what has been done in tho
short space ot fifteen years. In l"-.'t0 our popu
lation was less than (RIO, and in lrUl about 1,
UtHJ, and is now suppobed to be more than 1,71'U.''
Veterinary Si-ironi, in Francf. A writer
in the Newark Advertiser gives an account of
the veterinary school at Alt'oit in France. Thn
pupilsore limited to SI0O, between ti e aji-3 of
sixteen and twenty-five. Toe fee is "Oil tr u e
per annum. Forty are placed there by the n.i
nister of War, and are destined fur the depart
ment of cavalry.
"The course of study requires a period of
four years for its completion. The paticnisare
horses, doga and horned cattle. These are vi
sited every morning by the physician nt'emlcd
by Ihe students. The stablesare perfectly clean,
neat and ornamented with bright bra vs. In ono
of them I saw a case of pneumonia. At the in
dication of thn physician, we ansi tilted the
beast, and heard distinctly the sul ctt jii'.ant rah-.
It was the first time I ever thought of thus ex
amining a horse. Every thing is on the sjihd
scientific plan. Tho anatomy of tha' f.nimul ln.a
almost the same nomenclature ns the hi'inan.
Twelve pupils serve as night watches of tlii.j
animals, and received all, that may come, ha
ving fractures, colics, or any other disease. A
inong other curiosities there was a dog afflicted
with Chorea, or St. Vitus' dance, and a cow
with Pathisis. loga pay ten ce;iU a day, and
horses filty IVr medical attendance and nourish
ment." Sini.i.-mn of Pi iteosK -The Lowe! (Mae )
Courier tells a good story of a n einlier i f thu
Middlesex bar, who was attending Court ut t!.
lime of the burnim.' of the hotel at Cone. ro. It
is said that he r . d up into the room, and s '
zed a valise which he supposed w u !.n own,
but, ufter having carried it halfway eros thu
common, discovered that it belonged to another
man ; he immediately rushed back, returned
Ihe valise to its place, and bore 1 1 his own iu
triumph ! I ne o! his friends remarked that tins
waa one ofthe most remarkable instance of
singleness of purKio that he had ever met with.
The Siami:k Twins- Oi i ine Dr. Far
sons, of Macon, Geo., informs the Telegraph
thai, about a week at met, a Mr. Chance, ot
Burke county, Georgia, had three children at a
birth, all of common size, and perfectly formed.
Two wrte united from the axilla or ortnfut lo
i;.n r juirl of ihi liip Lime. Tho union, lr. 1'.
states is perteel. One child is 1. 1 ing i tholwii
which are united snmw-d their binh a shot t
tune only, and are in preservation.
Don't Gilt Mill :. lie is a fool li it gfimb't s
at every little mischance. Put the bi f ot
lot ward is an old and good maxim. Don't run
about and tell acquaintances that yen have been
unltirtuua'e. People don't like ta have unfor
tunate men for acquaintances. Add to a timo
rous determination, a cheerful snirit ; it'rev rs.v
come, bear Ihem like a pb:!o-''.' mi.! i i
of them a a soon us you can. P v . .
panther look at it tUadily iu Iho fu'c uuj a
w ill turn fiom you,